Presidential Security Service (Russia)

Presidential Security Service of Russia Служба безопасности президента России
Common name	Presidential Security Service
Abbreviation	SBP
Agency overview
Formed	November, 1993 (27 years ago)
Preceding agency	Ninth Chief Directorate (KGB)
Employees	2,500
Annual budget	Classified
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Russia
Operations jurisdiction	Russia
Governing body	Federal Protective Service (Russia)
Constituting instrument	Law On State Protection
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	The Kremlin, Moscow
Agency executive	Alexey Rubezhnoy, Commander
Parent agency	Federal Protective Service, FSO
Child agency	Psychological Analysis Directorate
Notables
Anniversary	November 11

The Presidential Security Service (SBP) (Russian: Служба безопасности президента России) is a federal government agency concerned with the tasks related to the protection of the President of Russia and the Prime Minister of Russia with their respective families and residences. It traces its origin to the USSR's Ninth Chief Directorate of the KGB. The Agency was founded by Boris Yeltsin in November 1993, headed by Aleksandr Korzhakov, a general of the KGB.^[1]